Altered / Higher Consciousness Research

Books or links in bold were used as references in articles. *Starred books or links are personal favorites and highly recommended. References are being updated regularly as I accumulate new knowledge and wisdom. New books or links in the last 3 months are marked accordingly. I welcome all suggestions for new references.

Frank DeMarco

An explorer of altered conscious states, he has studied most notably at The Monroe Institute in the Black Box. He has communicated with non-physical entities and has studied the interaction of the past, present and future time. He is a co-founder of Hampton Roads Publishing Co. and conducts workshops on guided communication in altered states as well as an author of many books on consciousness.

*Graham Hancock

One the world’s leading researchers into lost civilizations, he specializes in unconventional theories involving ancient monuments, cities, myths and astronomical data. His popular theory is that all ancient historical civilizations sprang from one singular mother culture. He also investigates altered states of consciousness, especially those dealing with ayahuasca, which has been used by shamans for many years, and its fundamental role in the evolution of human culture. He has written many popular books and appeared on many TV and radio shows, including a regular contributor to the TV show Ancient Aliens.

Joe McMoneagle

A retired officer in the U.S. Army, he is known for his involvement with many remote viewing projects, including one of the first personnel involved in the classified Stargate Project. His use of paranormal abilities has successfully gathered military intelligence under a variety of circumstances. He is also known for his research into NDEs, OBEs, and UFOs. His claim is that remote viewing is possible outside of the boundaries of time and that one can be trained to be accurate and repeatable.

Robert Monroe

A pioneer in the field of out-of-body experiences (OBEs) and altered stated of consciousness, he was also a radio broadcasting executive. Founder of the Monroe Institute and the Black Box, he came up with a laboratory technique using sound beats (Hemi-Sync) that trigger a person’s consciousness out of the physical body. He also wrote several books on the subject of OBEs. He passed away in 1995.

Dr. Melvin Morse

A medical doctor who has researched NDEs, particularly in children. He has taken accounts from children who have survived clinical death and documented their cases. His claim is that children are too young to have absorbed adult ideas about death and are willing to share first-hand accounts of telepathy, OBEs and encounters with spiritual beings. He has appeared on several popular TV shows, in magazines and has co-authored several books with NDE researcher Paul Perry.

Jeremy Narby

An anthropologist and writer, he has explored nature’s secret ‘way of knowing’ consciousness by studying indigenous knowledge systems and hallucinogenic drug use in various cultures. Intelligence is present in all forms of plant and animal life, not just humans. His research shows that other forms of non-human life display a tendency for self-deterministic decisions, patterns, and actions. He also connects molecular biology with ancient shamanism and how shamans may be able to access information at the molecular level through entheogenic drugs such as ayahuasca. He is opening doors in giving us new perspectives on biology, anthropology and the limits of rationalism.

Anthony Peake

An expert in human consciousness and the study of NDEs, he is at the leading edge of what we are capable of as conscious beings. He has presented evidence that the consciousness survives physical death, stating that physical ‘death’ is an impossibility. Using the latest findings of neurology and quantum physics, he explores the relationship between consciousness and reality, showing that we have a higher self that can experience precognition, states of hypnotic trance and other altered states. He has written many books and has appeared on several popular TV and radio shows.

Dean Radin

A chief scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences, he is on the leading edge of researching paranormal phenomena such as prayer, ESP, and remote viewing. Our minds are much more powerful than we think and can influence matter in ways we didn’t think was possible. Using physics and psychology, he is able to show that the universe is indeed conscious. He is the author of several books and has appeared in many journals.

J.B. Rhine

Widely considered the ‘Father of Modern Parapsychology’ he was a pioneer in the field of ESP, telepathy, and clairvoyance. His work began in 1930 at Duke University where he started carrying lab experiments in 1935 and coined the term ‘ESP’ and ‘parapsychology’. His accounts can be found today in the texts named ESP. Today his work is being carried on through the Rhine Research Center at Duke University. He passed away in 1980.

Gertrude Schmeidler

A professor, experimental psychologist, and parapsychologist, she is known for her study on ESP, psychokinesis, and telepathy. She did many experiments on student volunteers and concluded that certain people had the ability to obtain random knowledge about distant events or even having an influence on these events despite being nowhere near them. She taught parapsychology courses at the University of New York and was part president of the Parapsychological Association. She passed away in 2009.

Stephan A. Schwartz

One of the pioneers of remote viewing, he is a leader in exploring alternate states of consciousness. Using his techniques he has been able to get people to remote view out to the year 2050. He is the founder and an adviser of the International Remote Viewing Association and Director of Research at the Rhine Research Center as well. He has several books, has written over 100 technical reports and holds workshops around meditation and remote viewing techniques.

Dr. George Schwimmer

A trained past-life therapist and master Usui Reiki healer, he has researched many topics including past lives, chakras, consciousness, and mediumship. He also has been instructed through The Monroe Institute on the utilization of altered states of consciousness. He has written many books including those on how to regress yourself and his regression sessions with many other people. He gives lectures, seminars and workshops on past-life therapy.

David Sereda

A scientist, filmmaker, composer, spiritual explorer and UFO researcher he has an interest in a wide range of subjects related to space, religion, philosophy, astrology, and music. In 1968, he and a friend witnessed a UFO along with hundreds of other witnesses. This leads him to explore NASA footage of ambiguously classified disc-shaped objects that has the ability to become invisible and an analysis of a lost scale of musical tones that was used by ancient Egyptians during the building of the Great Pyramids. He claims these tones are used to achieve a higher state of consciousness, tying an ancient wisdom with modern scientific knowledge.

Ingo Swann

Known as the ‘Father of Remote Viewing’ he conducted the first ever remote viewing experiment and is also known for his work on the Stargate Project. His techniques were developed into the modern-day remote viewing methodology, which is being practiced at the Stanford Research Institute. Popular contemporaries of his methods include Paul H. Smith and Major Ed Dames. He has also written many books and experienced altered states of consciousness outside of lab-controlled experiments. He passed away in 2013.

Dr. Barry Taff

A psychologist and biomedical engineer who has investigated thousands of cases of ghosts, hauntings, telepathy and precognition. He developed the initial protocols and methodologies for what is now known as remote viewing. He has consulted for many governments, business and law enforcement agencies, providing his expertise on a range of paranormal subjects ranging from precognition to UFOs. He has appeared on numerous radio and TV programs, as was himself investigated as a psychic subject, which appeared in a Neuropsychiatry Journal.

*Michael Talbot

A researcher and an author, he is best known for his work ‘The Holographic Universe’. Reality as we know it is not what we think, but is actually a hologram projected by our minds. He ties together ancient mysticism and quantum mechanics to explain the holographic model and morphogenetic fields. Supernatural subjects like ESP, intuition, psychics, shapeshifting, telepathy, and OBEs can be explained by his model, which is that the mind creates matter. He passed away in 1992.